Pink Oysters on dung/coir

eatyualive · 10-22-09, 00:06

anyone ever try this?

just spawned pink oysters into a single tub using about 4 quarts popcorn spawn.

substrate is 50/50 coir/hpoo. supercake formula in it.

Om shanti · 10-24-09, 10:56

Very interesting!

Good luck, and let us know how it works out!

eatyualive · 10-25-09, 19:44

today the tub is almost done. i give it one more day and then birth.

take that back. its done. just birthed it.

eatyualive · 10-25-09, 21:49

....mycelia is deceiving. kinda looks grey and in some areas where its dark its just very light in color but its colonized. had to flash a light directly on it after a quick peak but it looks good to go.

mydarling · 10-25-09, 21:59

sweet project eats. can't wait to see how this turns out. are you gonna leave a lot of open holes in that monotub to ensure lots of FAE?

P4ulada · 10-26-09, 08:35

Success, as usually

eatyualive · 10-26-09, 09:18

if need be ill leave all the holes open. if it needs more active fae then i may just tip the lid a little or fan. hopefully i won't have to fan.

eatyualive · 10-30-09, 16:10

well looks like the pinks decided to show some knotting.

fanned the bins 2 times this week. for maybe a total of 20 seconds.

may increase the airflow once the pins start showing. the substrate was very loose and the mycelia wasn't as firm as the cubes. so when the bin was moved the substrate cracked.

Ben Dover · 10-30-09, 16:46

Lookin good eats!

Think I'm gonna need to try this out now that I have something to work with.

Thanks for the inspiration

10-30-09, 17:01

WOOOT eats your in the pink now my friend. Just a little bit longer and ill be doing a pink pin dance here.

eatyualive · 11-01-09, 17:27

pins

Lazlo · 11-01-09, 18:00

Never tried it with coir mixed in, but horse manure is awesome for growing oyster's on. That looks good! Initiating fruiting when you did, is prime time.

eatyualive · 11-01-09, 19:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lazlo

Never tried it with coir mixed in, but horse manure is awesome for growing oyster's on. That looks good! Initiating fruiting when you did, is prime time.

yeah wish the sub was a bit stronger. but other than that it looks great so far. and im not fanning much. hopefully the fanning will be minimal or ill open the holes and mist alot.

i have to say. i like the newspaper tek alot. but spawning to bulk dung is a little less time consuming. it takes quite a bit of time to ring out the newspaper and lay each piece out. however, you make up for it in pasteurization time. so i guess its a give take relationship. i find the spawning newspaper to take longer. but i have to pasteurize the dung longer. but the pasteurization setup for the newspaper is super easy.

(neo)Figment · 11-01-09, 19:23

I had no idea oysters ate dung. That opens the doors of possibility.

Awesome by the way!

eatyualive · 11-03-09, 14:53

they don't look so hot. opened up the holes and misting. but they kinda stalled out.

P4ulada · 11-03-09, 17:36

Excellent! Great flush man ^^

Fresh Brewed · 11-03-09, 21:27

Think CO2 levels are too high in the tub?

eatyualive · 11-04-09, 09:30

yeah but ive fanned a few times daily and left the lid and holes out of the sides. not gonna get much more air exchange than its getting. its in a room with a fan as well. im having to spray a few times daily to keep it moist in there bc the fan dries it out. old culture as well.

TastyBeverage · 11-04-09, 09:37

They don't have that thin branchy coral look, so FAE is probably fine. Did the temps drop significantly since you last fruited the pinks? I know you said it's pretty warm where you live. If the temp hasn't changed that much, perhaps pink oysters just prefer a substrate higher in cellulose.

eatyualive · 11-04-09, 11:08

no its still blazing hot. i am misting the fruits as well they have grown a little but i think this is as big as they will get.

11-04-09, 11:26

A little late but WOOOT pink mushies !

dial8 · 11-04-09, 11:31

Looks real healthy eats! Nice bro!
My first oysters did that same thing. Pretty sure to get those nice big meaty caps your gonna have to increase air exchange quite a bit. I beleive these can be fruited in open air in most cases. Just make sure the sub does not dry.

eatyualive · 11-04-09, 16:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by dial8

Looks real healthy eats! Nice bro!
My first oysters did that same thing. Pretty sure to get those nice big meaty caps your gonna have to increase air exchange quite a bit. I beleive these can be fruited in open air in most cases. Just make sure the sub does not dry.

i been misting directly on the sub and the fruits. seems to be helping so far. also all air holes open. fanned a few times daily. not really doing much. probably should have started the misting and the open holes as soon as the pins matured a little. but this is the max air exchange i can get. the fan is in the room blowing in the tub. lid is loose. all holes open. sides misted heavily. small fruits. but oh well it worked lol.. will try again next time. just testing them out in tubs.

updates shortly on pics.

zodd · 11-04-09, 17:00

toss it out side on the grass. my contaminated oyster straw nugget spent a week or so out in the cold and then one day by chance i came to it and found the most perfect bouqet of blue oyster mushrooms you could get. Sadly the nugget had bacteria so i wasn’t about to eat from it, but it was very pretty.

eatyualive · 11-04-09, 17:32

pics.

Outer · 11-05-09, 07:20

look tasty. I think im gonna look for a oyster print.

copelandiaKidd · 11-05-09, 10:57

those are soo pretty. pepto bismalesque

P4ulada · 11-05-09, 11:35

I love that pics trough the hole ^^
They seem like a coral

Congratz, it seems delicious =P

eatyualive · 11-05-09, 14:54

well for not doing much it was enough for two people to eat for a side dish at dinner lol.. sprayed down the substrate for a 2nd flush. didn't think the sub would hold up to a dunk. its very loose nit. not like a mass on newspaper.

might try next a mix of coir/dung/newspaper pieces broken up.

just have the newspaper mixed in to the substrate in little 2x2 inch pieces. see if that works for a future experiment.

P4ulada · 11-05-09, 17:53

"might try next a mix of coir/dung/newspaper pieces broken up."

Nice, I´m trying too "subs" now, one has dung and the other has almost only newspaper...the one with newspaper goes very faster! So I think to change the 50:50 coir/dung to 50:25:25 coir/dung/newspaper, for example, is a good idea =]

Just telling what I can see here, let´s see how it fruits ^^

eatyualive · 11-06-09, 16:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by P4ulada

"might try next a mix of coir/dung/newspaper pieces broken up."

Nice, I´m trying too "subs" now, one has dung and the other has almost only newspaper...the one with newspaper goes very faster! So I think to change the 50:50 coir/dung to 50:25:25 coir/dung/newspaper, for example, is a good idea =]

Just telling what I can see here, let´s see how it fruits ^^

yeah also contemplating throwing in 2x2" chunks of cardboard as well.

eatyualive · 11-09-09, 09:41

2nd flush. did something different this time.

just left all the holes open and the lid halfway on the top. and hosed down the whole tub and all fruits about 3 to 4 times daily. didn't fan anything. let the fan in the room do the air exchange. and it seemed to help them out a little bit. next time im gonna have to bulk up the dung source. i think i might just grow in about a 90% dung/ 10% coir range. but the coir is absorbing the water well kinda like a casing. and im misting directly on all the dead pins, the fruits, the substrate with no issues.

adding the moisture i think was the problem in the 1st flush. they are not very big but these had a nicer pink color to them.

11-09-09, 10:32

Much better formation on those pinkies there eats. Im so excited to see how this all turns out and how many flushes you get.

eatyualive · 11-16-09, 11:57

3rd flush after a dunk.

eatyualive · 11-18-09, 15:04

well i know more fae. they are tiny. but after a dunk they blew up. this is after leaving the tub lid completely off in a room with a fan. being misted heavily 3 to 4 times a day on the sides, the substrate and the fruits. didn't help. thats as much fae i could get without automation.

going to try something different next round with more holes.

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10-22-09, 00:06	#1 (permalink)
eatyualive ExoCannibalist Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,375	Pink Oysters on dung/coir anyone ever try this? just spawned pink oysters into a single tub using about 4 quarts popcorn spawn. substrate is 50/50 coir/hpoo. supercake formula in it. __________________ Click for Eat's Reference

10-25-09, 19:44	#3 (permalink)
eatyualive ExoCannibalist Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,375	today the tub is almost done. i give it one more day and then birth. take that back. its done. just birthed it. __________________ Click for Eat's Reference

10-25-09, 21:49	#4 (permalink)
eatyualive ExoCannibalist Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,375	....mycelia is deceiving. kinda looks grey and in some areas where its dark its just very light in color but its colonized. had to flash a light directly on it after a quick peak but it looks good to go. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Click for Eat's Reference

10-25-09, 21:59	#5 (permalink)
mydarling Modtastic Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2,377	sweet project eats. can't wait to see how this turns out. are you gonna leave a lot of open holes in that monotub to ensure lots of FAE? __________________ RIP Hippie3

10-24-09, 10:56	#2 (permalink)
Om shanti S.W.I.M. in H.POO Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,794	Very interesting! Good luck, and let us know how it works out!

10-26-09, 08:35	#6 (permalink)
P4ulada Mycotopiate Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 846	Success, as usually __________________ *I don´t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.*

10-26-09, 09:18	#7 (permalink)
eatyualive ExoCannibalist Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,375	if need be ill leave all the holes open. if it needs more active fae then i may just tip the lid a little or fan. hopefully i won't have to fan. __________________ Click for Eat's Reference

10-30-09, 16:10	#8 (permalink)
eatyualive ExoCannibalist Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,375	well looks like the pinks decided to show some knotting. fanned the bins 2 times this week. for maybe a total of 20 seconds. may increase the airflow once the pins start showing. the substrate was very loose and the mycelia wasn't as firm as the cubes. so when the bin was moved the substrate cracked. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Click for Eat's Reference

10-30-09, 16:46	#9 (permalink)
Ben Dover Glassaholic Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 739	Lookin good eats! Think I'm gonna need to try this out now that I have something to work with. Thanks for the inspiration __________________

10-30-09, 17:01	#10 (permalink)
~mystic Guest Posts: n/a	WOOOT eats your in the pink now my friend. Just a little bit longer and ill be doing a pink pin dance here.

11-01-09, 17:27	#11 (permalink)
eatyualive ExoCannibalist Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,375	pins Attached Thumbnails __________________ Click for Eat's Reference

11-01-09, 18:00	#12 (permalink)
Lazlo old hand Join Date: Mar 1970 Posts: 7,692	Never tried it with coir mixed in, but horse manure is awesome for growing oyster's on. That looks good! Initiating fruiting when you did, is prime time. __________________ How can you have any pudding, if you don't eat your MEAT?

11-01-09, 19:23	#14 (permalink)
(neo)Figment Lets rot some poop! Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 347	I had no idea oysters ate dung. That opens the doors of possibility. Awesome by the way! __________________ "If you don't like my fire then don't come around, cause I'm gonna burn one down."

11-03-09, 14:53	#15 (permalink)
eatyualive ExoCannibalist Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,375	they don't look so hot. opened up the holes and misting. but they kinda stalled out. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Click for Eat's Reference

11-05-09, 10:57	#27 (permalink)
copelandiaKidd Void Of Boundaries Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 859	those are soo pretty. pepto bismalesque __________________ "LEARN THE RULES SO YOU CAN BREAK THEM PROPERLY" -The Dali lama "i don't care if it eats my cat, as long as the damn thing fruits"~ prism

11-03-09, 17:36	#16 (permalink)
P4ulada Mycotopiate Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 846	Excellent! Great flush man ^^ __________________ *I don´t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.*

11-03-09, 21:27	#17 (permalink)
Fresh Brewed Mycotopiate Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,047	Think CO2 levels are too high in the tub? __________________ Life is a collection of routines and habits some more interesting than others.

11-04-09, 09:30	#18 (permalink)
eatyualive ExoCannibalist Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,375	yeah but ive fanned a few times daily and left the lid and holes out of the sides. not gonna get much more air exchange than its getting. its in a room with a fan as well. im having to spray a few times daily to keep it moist in there bc the fan dries it out. old culture as well. __________________ Click for Eat's Reference

11-04-09, 09:37	#19 (permalink)
TastyBeverage Editor Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,530	They don't have that thin branchy coral look, so FAE is probably fine. Did the temps drop significantly since you last fruited the pinks? I know you said it's pretty warm where you live. If the temp hasn't changed that much, perhaps pink oysters just prefer a substrate higher in cellulose. __________________ I'm ready for dream time, Mr. Bubbles.

11-04-09, 11:08	#20 (permalink)
eatyualive ExoCannibalist Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,375	no its still blazing hot. i am misting the fruits as well they have grown a little but i think this is as big as they will get. __________________ Click for Eat's Reference

11-04-09, 11:26	#21 (permalink)
~mystic Guest Posts: n/a	A little late but WOOOT pink mushies !

11-04-09, 11:31	#22 (permalink)
dial8 3 Join Date: Jun 1976 Posts: 4,420	Looks real healthy eats! Nice bro! My first oysters did that same thing. Pretty sure to get those nice big meaty caps your gonna have to increase air exchange quite a bit. I beleive these can be fruited in open air in most cases. Just make sure the sub does not dry. __________________ For enlightenment please dial8.

11-04-09, 17:00	#24 (permalink)
zodd prone to random outburst? Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,061	toss it out side on the grass. my contaminated oyster straw nugget spent a week or so out in the cold and then one day by chance i came to it and found the most perfect bouqet of blue oyster mushrooms you could get. Sadly the nugget had bacteria so i wasn’t about to eat from it, but it was very pretty. __________________ The mind its own textbook, The body a temple, The soul your religion.

11-04-09, 17:32	#25 (permalink)
eatyualive ExoCannibalist Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,375	pics. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Click for Eat's Reference

11-05-09, 07:20	#26 (permalink)
Outer Mycotopiate Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 235	look tasty. I think im gonna look for a oyster print.

11-05-09, 11:35	#28 (permalink)
P4ulada Mycotopiate Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 846	I love that pics trough the hole ^^ They seem like a coral Congratz, it seems delicious =P __________________ *I don´t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.*

11-05-09, 14:54	#29 (permalink)
eatyualive ExoCannibalist Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,375	well for not doing much it was enough for two people to eat for a side dish at dinner lol.. sprayed down the substrate for a 2nd flush. didn't think the sub would hold up to a dunk. its very loose nit. not like a mass on newspaper. might try next a mix of coir/dung/newspaper pieces broken up. just have the newspaper mixed in to the substrate in little 2x2 inch pieces. see if that works for a future experiment. __________________ Click for Eat's Reference

11-05-09, 17:53	#30 (permalink)
P4ulada Mycotopiate Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 846	"might try next a mix of coir/dung/newspaper pieces broken up." Nice, I´m trying too "subs" now, one has dung and the other has almost only newspaper...the one with newspaper goes very faster! So I think to change the 50:50 coir/dung to 50:25:25 coir/dung/newspaper, for example, is a good idea =] Just telling what I can see here, let´s see how it fruits ^^ __________________ *I don´t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.*

11-09-09, 09:41	#32 (permalink)
eatyualive ExoCannibalist Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,375	2nd flush. did something different this time. just left all the holes open and the lid halfway on the top. and hosed down the whole tub and all fruits about 3 to 4 times daily. didn't fan anything. let the fan in the room do the air exchange. and it seemed to help them out a little bit. next time im gonna have to bulk up the dung source. i think i might just grow in about a 90% dung/ 10% coir range. but the coir is absorbing the water well kinda like a casing. and im misting directly on all the dead pins, the fruits, the substrate with no issues. adding the moisture i think was the problem in the 1st flush. they are not very big but these had a nicer pink color to them. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Click for Eat's Reference

11-09-09, 10:32	#33 (permalink)
~mystic Guest Posts: n/a	Much better formation on those pinkies there eats. Im so excited to see how this all turns out and how many flushes you get.

11-16-09, 11:57	#34 (permalink)
eatyualive ExoCannibalist Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,375	3rd flush after a dunk. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Click for Eat's Reference

11-18-09, 15:04	#35 (permalink)
eatyualive ExoCannibalist Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,375	well i know more fae. they are tiny. but after a dunk they blew up. this is after leaving the tub lid completely off in a room with a fan. being misted heavily 3 to 4 times a day on the sides, the substrate and the fruits. didn't help. thats as much fae i could get without automation. going to try something different next round with more holes. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Click for Eat's Reference

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